Bad News?

Well, as you know I have been so happy with the results I have had with Savella and I am still happy - but @ my 3 month Dr. appt. my B.P. was 146/112 & my heart rate was 130. I have had a high heart rate since I was a kid - I couldn't take Myadol because it made my heart race - & I have been on meds for this for years.

At the visit my Dr. took me off Metophrovol(sp?) & put me on Carvedilol x 2 daily. He also took me off Flexeril because lo & behold! he discovered that it increases the heart rate! I have been on this for years and my high H.R. has been an issue all along & he just now finds this out? I am so angry!

On the upside my B.P. is now 99/69 & my H.R. is 83. I do think my B.P. might have been high @ my visit because just when I left home it started to poor down rain, which of course, caused traffic to slow down. Then I got behind a trash truck & then a school bus & I knew I was going to be about 5 minutes late. I called the office & told them what happened & the girl was a little snotty & said she would pass the message along but if I was too late they would have to reschedule me. Anyway, I was really flustered & I told my Dr. that I thought that was why my B.P. was high but he wanted to change my med anyway.

Also, he would only give me one month of Savella & said if my vitals weren't better he would have to discontinue the Savella. I don't think that's going to happen but I'm still a bit concerned because ... & here is a question for anyone who has used Savella ... for about a month or a little more I have had a pain on my right side @ my waist but more towards the back than the front. It will hurt 24/7 for a while & then stop for a couple of days or so, then start up again. Have any of you experienced this?

On the plus side, I am feeling so much better Fibro pain wise that I have been working in my yard like crazy! One day, I worked outside for about 7 hours & then the next day, I went shopping in the morning & worked in the yard for about 4 hrs. I would have worked longer but my side was hurting so bad that I just had to stop.

Anyway, I know this is long but if any of you have any thoughts, I would love to hear them.
Thanks!

I know that my BP & HR were too high but I so don't want to go off the Savella as I feel like it is giving me my life back!

And of course when I was @ the Dr. my side wasn't hurting so I forgot all about it! I didn't put it in my notebook which is a big mistake! Without that, I can't remember much! Lol!

I have so been loving this weather but I keep thinking "What is it going to be like in July & August?"! I definitely do better in cooler weather & here in the mid-west it is supposed to be in the 80's the next few days!

I have an appointment with the Dr. in 2 weeks or so but if the pain in my side get's worse I will call him. I did think of gall bladder or maybe appendix, maybe.
My 45 year old brother's appendix burst last year & he waited 2 days before he went to the ER - they had to scrub his insides out & said if he had waited much longer there would have been nothing they could do. He doesn't have health insurance, so he didn't want to go!